Paz De Rio

Producer in Boyaca, Colombia with commodities Iron, Silica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182399
MAS/MILS ID 3010110004
Record type Site
Current site name Paz De Rio

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -72.76634, 5.98458 (WGS84)
Elevation 2900
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boyaca(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Boyaca

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -72.76634, 5.98458

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.3M
    Area 100HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 100
    Date of Last Modification 780615

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS OOLITIC BEDS ON BOTH FLANKS OF ANTICLINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Year of first production 1953

Mining district

District name Paz De Rio

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Acerias Paz Del Rio, S. A.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colombia
    Year 1971

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 70100000mt ore
    Total resources 70100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 44 wt-pct Iron Trace 1993

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Waste Rock 20
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING NO FLOW
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER W/LAGGING CONCRETE-UNREINFOR
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 1800
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 5
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN 93,P. 36.

  • Deposit

    PRINZ, W., 1971, STATUS OF INVESTIGATIONS OF SEVERAL IRON DE

  • Deposit

    IN C. COLOMBIA: USGS PROJECT RPT. IR CO-19 FOR AID, MAR., 71

  • Deposit

    SINGEWALD, Q., 1949, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLOMBIA: USGS B.

  • Deposit

    204 PGS.

  • Deposit

    VAN HOUTEN, F., 1967, CENOZOIC OOLITIC IRON ORE, PAZ DE RIO,

  • Deposit

    COLOMBIA: ECON. GEOL., VOL. 62, PP. 992-999.

  • Deposit

    WOKITTEL, R., 1968, COLOMBIA IN LATIN AMERICAN MINING: SERV.

  • Deposit

    NAC., BOL. GEOL., VOL. 16, NO. 1-3, PP. 113-160, IN SPANISH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-AUG-94 Ljb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.